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St Teresa Of Avila

Saints

Teresa of Avila, Fray Juan de la Miseria

St Teresa of Avila

  • Aka: St Teresa of Jesus
  • Feast Day: 15 October
  • Patron Saint of Bodily illnesses: headache, stomachache, etc, sick people. lace-makers, parents bereavement
  • DoB: 28 March 1515
  • PoB: Avila, Spain
  • Death: 4 October 1582 (67)
  • Beatified : 24 April 1614 by Pope Paul V
  • Canonised: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
  • Carmelite Nun

 

As long as we are in this mortal life, nothing is more necessary for us than humility.
—ST. TERESA
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‘‘ All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.’’
– St Teresa
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If we are very determined to mortify ourselves and not to be too much occupied with our corporal health, we will soon, by the grace of God, become masters of our bodies.
—ST. TERESA
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In order to bear our afflictions with patience, it is very useful to read the lives and legends of the saints who endured great torments for Jesus Christ.
—ST. TERESA.
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I will spend my heaven doing good on Earth.
– St Teresa
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Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affright thee;
All things are passing;
God never changeth.
– St Teresa of Avila
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Our works are of no value if they be not united to the merits of Jesus Christ.
—ST. TERESA.
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On the feasts of the saints consider their virtues, and beseech God to deign to adorn you with them.
—ST. TERESA
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The truth of faith alone, deeply graven in the soul, is sufficient to encourage us to very perfect works; for it strengthens man and increases his charity.
— ST. TERESA
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